Wheel-N-It 2,969 #1 Posted January 11, 2012 Hello everybody, and thank you for letting me become a member of this good forum. I have been a WheelHorse owner for almost 21years. I bought a new 312-8 in April 1991, and it is still a good looking working tractor to this day. One of the plans I have for this year is to buy a camera I can use to download pics of the 312 to here. The 312 is a low hour machine for it's age. There are only 512hours on it . I also have a matching tiller that I also bought new about two months after purchasing the WheelHorse. Here where I live in rural North Carolina I do have alot of grass to cut so the 312 is not my only lawn tractor. You WheelHorse guys will have to forgive me, but I also own a John Deere 325 (all hydro), and an Ariens 1448 zero turn (definetly not a tractor), but the WheelHorse has by far always been my favorite. And OK one more, a 1975 Cub Cadet 1650 Hydro (The Big Boy). So with all that being said and with the kids being grown, and more time on my hands, I have freshened up the 312 with new belts and blades and choke cable and headlight bezel and engine tuning, and have discovered I had such a good time doing this work that I have to get myself another Horse to turn some wrenches on and hopefully post some pics of here too. I am talking to a friend who is an Allis / Case lawn tractor collector, and he has a few WheelHorses he is williing to part with. One of which is a mid 1990's 520H with a cracked block Onan. We have not talked money yet but I plan to see him again in a couple of days to talk some more about it. I will post more about this adventure later. Also I will be in another area here asking if there is an easy repower option for this tractor. Alot of my decision to buy this 520 will hinge on the responses I recieve from you guys regarding repowering it, so put your thinking caps on please HA! Anyway, I look forward to hearing from anyone who would like to jump in and thank you for reading my post. Happy New Year, Van Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #2 Posted January 11, 2012 Hey Van, :WRS: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,318 #3 Posted January 11, 2012 :WRS: There are endless options for re-powering a 520 from another Onan to a single cylinder diesel. Mike......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jay in nc 210 #4 Posted January 11, 2012 welcome to redsquare, you will find many people of like minds here & some of us own more than one make of tractor and some are in north carolina too! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheel-N-It 2,969 #5 Posted January 11, 2012 Thank you for the warm welcome guys. Yep that repower project could be quite interesting, but I need to keep it fairly simple. Even though the kids are grown, I still have a job and other duties that take up quite a bit of my time. Jay, are there ever any WheelHorse shows in North Carolina? I live in central NC and can do some day trips for a show. I would even bring the 312. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rollerman 290 #6 Posted January 11, 2012 Van welcome to Red Square, the screen name is catchy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VinsRJ 721 #7 Posted January 11, 2012 Lost of great people on RS willing to lend a hand....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JC 1965 1,530 #8 Posted January 11, 2012 Hello Van and :WRS: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neil 2,409 #9 Posted January 11, 2012 welcome to Redsquare from the Euro fraternity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
donamy99 14 #13 Posted February 4, 2012 :WRS: Don---Lumberton,NC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris hall 5 #14 Posted February 4, 2012 where in n.c. are you? we live in hickory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheel-N-It 2,969 #15 Posted February 4, 2012 HAHA just got the answer to my question to you. (see where I asked you the same thing in your introduction). Chapel Hill here. I like the Hickory NC area. Once again put April 28 on your calendar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingwood990 16 #16 Posted February 4, 2012 I wish I had seen this earlier. Welcome to the forum Wheel-N-it. I am in Bahama, (North Durham). I hope to see you and other NC members on April 28th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raider10 3 #17 Posted February 4, 2012 :UK: Welcome from Yorkshire in the Uk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
